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A gilded wooden figurine of a deer from the Pazyryk burials, 5th century BC. Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world, such as object of worship, the incarnation of deities, the object of heroic quests and deeds, or as magical disguise or enchantment/curse for princesses and princes in many folk and fairy tales.
Pages in category "Mythological deer" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Deer in mythology; A.
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted)
Deer Woman (Native American) – Human-deer hybrid; Deity (Worldwide) – Preternatural or supernatural possibly immortal being; Demigod (Worldwide) – Half human, half god; Demons (Worldwide especially in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mythology) - Evil spirits that torment mortals; Dhampir – Human/vampire hybrid
In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind (Ancient Greek: Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος Kerynitis elaphos, Latin: Elaphus Cerynitis), was a creature that lived in Ceryneia, [1] Greece and took the form of an enormous female deer, larger than a bull, [1] with golden antlers [2] like a stag, [3] hooves of bronze or brass, [4] and a "dappled hide", [5] that "excelled in swiftness of foot", [6 ...
A cart-like demon that descends from the sky, or a cat-like demon, which carries away the corpses of evildoers. Katawaguruma A type of wanyūdō, with an anguished woman instead of a monk's head in a burning wheel. Kawaakago A river spirit that pretends to be a crying baby to lure people in for pranks that sometimes prove fatal to the victim.
Peryton (Allegedly Medieval folklore) – Deer-bird hybrid; Pesanta – Nightmare demon in the form of a cat or dog; Peuchen (Chilota and Mapuche) – Vampiric, flying, shapeshifting serpent; Phi Tai Hong – Ghost of a person who has died suddenly of a violent or cruel death; Phoenix – Regenerative bird reborn from its own ashes
In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. An ...